Customer reviews for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

Donât be fooled by the decorative design, this shed is tough. Constructed of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic and reinforced with powder-coated steel, this attractive outdoor shed is built to weather the storms. Keep all tools and garden equipment safe, dry, and conveniently located in the yard, where you use them. No more rummaging through the house or garage. Several shelving units and peg strips are included to help you keep your tools organized and right at your fingertips. Low maintenance weather resistant design prevents fading and cracking. Best of all, no painting required. Note: This shed must be built on a flat level foundation of wood or concrete (not included).

Pretty Great even if you're building it by yourself!

So the instructions recommend building the shed with a small handful of people (2-3 actually) but I built the entire thing myself over two days (10 hours total). There are a number of things I'd change in the instructions if you're working by yourself...

Build the trusses inside and before you decide to start the shed build.

Pick a day that isn't windy. Putting the gables together by yourself in the wind means the three person instruction might be more useful than you think. (I waited till the wind died down and had no issues.

Label your parts with a sharpie. Way too many of the instructions call for three letter parts that are arbitrarily labeled in a system that makes no sense. ADK, #amIright

Otherwise the shed itself is holding up nicely and works very well. My doors weren't perfectly aligned, even after shimming but after a day, they seem to have settled into place and work magically.

LifeTime makes a GREAT Outdoor Garden Shed

Because of my back problems, I had to have someone build a platform and put together this shed for me! The platform was built on Saturday when Home Depot delivered the shed and it was put together on Sunday!!! YES, one day, about 7 hours, one man with minimum secondary help from his daughter.It looks great, is solid as a rock with a SLIGHT leak from a SUPER driving rain coming in at the BOTTOM of the door. (Neighbors tree {huge limb} blew down, took out 2 sections of my fence 25 ft. from shed from this storm) Whew!!!

If you can get through the instructions, Great Shed

The shed came out looking great and is structurally sound for a rubber maid type of building. The instructions could be a little better, as well as some of the hardware packaging, but I made it through the assembly process in about 6-7 hours. For the most part you can assemble by yourself, but unless you have some saw horses or similar to prop up walls during construction you'll want a helper during that process.

Aesthetically Close to Perfect!

I spent a total of 19 hours (7 hours on the wood base; 12 hours on the storage shed) work hours on building the storage shed by myself with my 11 year old giving me some assistance. I built my shed on a wooden base and decided to keep it 12 inches from the ground. Building the roof was the most challenging part in my opinion. I ended up spending a total cost of $1400 (shed), $200 (additional Lifetime shelving and corner shelves), and $450 on pressure treated lumber for my base= $2050.00. I also covered the bottom perimeter of my base to make sure that it is protected from rodents etc and also built a ramp. With the shed complete, I store my snow blower, lawn mower, generator, a ping pong table (folded), power tools, and my work table on the other end with lots more space left! No regrets of making this investment! Now my garage has cleared up and this shed is a great addition to my backyard.

A great storage shed

I am very pleased with this storage shed. It looks great in my backyard. For the most part it wenttogether with no issues. There are a couple of ways I think I would have indicated either on theparts themselves or in the instructions how things went together but really it was no big deal.

The one main thing for me I would like to see the manufactuer mark on the outside of the boxwhich one held the assembly instructions. When I got the boxes (shed) I wasn't quite ready toput it up but would have liked to read up on it first. As it was I had to open each of the boxes tofind them and as Murphy's Law would have it, it was the last one!

However, again this was no big deal. I think this is a great shed and all my family and friendswho have seen it think the same thing.

Home Depot was great in the purchase and shipping no problems at all, just outstanding.

15 x 8 foot new work shop

The shed was delivered early and the cement floor was just cured when it arrived. My son and I put the building up in three days and that included adding insulation to the roof and modifying the windows to satisfy the wife who wanted more light and visibility to the outside for her new workshop. We are very happy with our purchase.

Pros: Excellent Quality, Looks Great, Looks High End, Nice Design

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Review 7 for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

TexasJoe

from Round Rock, TX, USA

Age Range:45 to 54

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Rain can blow under or over the door outside corners

This is a follow-up to my review from a couple of days ago. I assembled the shed on July 4, 2013. I have since added a simple cinder block "porch". Yesterday we had our first heavy Texas rain storm since then. We got an inch of rain in a half hour...moderate for here. I had caulked all the floor seams inside and out. The shed stayed very dry except that water blew in under or over the doors at the bottom or top outside corners (where the hinge pipes go into the floor and gable) reaching 12 inches into the shed on the right and 24 inches on the left. I'll have to explore options for limiting that exposure. The doors seem designed for an insert to go in the top corners that are not included in the kit or instructions. I may have to add a sweeper to the bottom of the door which may also be challenging because the plastic is so thin.

Beautiful shed, quite a work to get it installed

About 26 hours spent. I spent one whole day building the floor. The floor was built on PT 4X4 frames every 46 inches and PT 2X4 in between every 4X4, the frame was raised on top of 10X16 cement blocks($1.44 each). About 26 cement blocks were used on all joints. The toal cost of material came out to be like $360. PT plywood for floor was the most expensive item. $41 each panel.The shed looks beautiful, here are my observations.Be careful on the manual you are going to follow. The manual which comes with the shed should be followed. The online manual have more wordings but part #s are different and so are couple of steps. The floor should be layed out carefully, otherwise once you put the right size wall close to door or left side wall close to door will cover the door bushing hole. The wall corner panels gave me hard time too. The instructional manual needs lots of work, May be the manufacturer should create install dvd . By and large beautiful shed and I hope it lasts for ever

Pretty shed, easy to assemble, light duty structure

I downloaded the 2011 instruction manual and read it completely before attempting any construction. That helped a lot. I put instructions that came with the shed and the 2011 instructions in a 3-ring binder. That also helped the assembly process go smoother.

I spent a day making a 2X8 frame base with 2X4 joists on metal hangers, all PT, raised on concrete deck blocks with deck blocks under several of the floor joists also. I used exterior 23/32 plywood sheathing for the floor. Then primed and painted really well with exterior enamel oil based paint. It rained the next day and the sub floor did very well in the weather by itself. I would recommend priming and painting the sub floor before assembling the shed. It is very important to make this step level and square.

I assembled the shed completely by myself (including the shutters) in 10 hours total start to finish. That included disassembling the walls and floor once to reverse a floor panel so the holes line up correctly for the door hinge poles. I started assembly using the 2011 instructions (owners manual). I quickly discovered parts of the shed were redesigned and abandoned the 2011 instructions manual. For example the new walls install counter clockwise instead of clockwise and the roof gable over the door was redesigned also. The 2011 instructions had more written directions, but it is very important to follow the directions that come with the shed. It is also very important to perform each step exactly as directed. In the 4/25/2013 instructions step 7.5 is eliminated (assembling part AHW to the right door latch AIO). Apparently this part, although still included, was deemed unnecessary. One process change I made and would recommend: after assembling the walls to the floor, I repositioned the shed to be evenly spaced on the subfloor and then secured the floor to the subfloor. Once the full shed is assembled it will weigh 750 lbs. and may be difficult to reposition on the sub floor. If you need to make the adjustments for door alignment listed in section 13 you can unsecure the corners of the floor.

The screws and bolts are packaged together in "bags" with the correct parts for a particular assembly phase. I opened each bag as I got to it's assembly step and had no problems identifying the parts to be used for each purpose. I tightened every screw carefully by hand with a screw driver and carefully lined up each part as I went. Some screws will not "feel" tight so it is important to visually watch them tighten also. When the plastic stops moving together, stop tightening.

The holes for the shutters do not line up very well with the marked spots on the wall panels.

I intent to caulk inside along the floor seams, inside at the floor/wall joints, outside at the floor/wall joints, and outside where the floor meets the subfloor.

Once the roof was installed the structure became rigid, but I would not describe it as sturdy. The structure is light duty and should serve to keep the rain off stored items, but any shelving will need to be free standing on the floor as the walls are not sturdy enough to hold any weight. If you want to hang stuff on the walls or have any type of shelving, you will need a wood frame shed instead. This should work fine as a "garden shed" for yard tools and equipment but probably not as a typical "storage" shed unless you add free standing sturdy shelving. I'm sure my sturdy sub floor will long outlast the shed now assembled on top of it.

Pros: Easy to Assemble, Looks Great, Nice Design

Cons: Not Sturdy

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Review 11 for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

Brs

from Pa

Age Range:65 or over

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8 by 15 ft shec

Very poor directions. Put 2/3 put roof together and found that one piece that was needed to finish was already used somewhere in roof. Have not contacted company yet and hope I can get new piece. Base cost almost as much as shed to have someone build. with in 100 of shed cost. It is done right thought.2 pieces need to have sticker put on them2 use last. video was for 8 by 10 and enough differences to make it much harder Still not done after 20 hours.

Cons: Difficult to Assemble, very poor instructions

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Response from By LifetimeProducts, July 22, 2015By LifetimeProducts, July 22, 2015

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Review 12 for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

NotHappy

from Coquille, OR

Age Range:55 to 64

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I don't get the hight ratings...

PostedJune 16, 2015

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No, I do not recommend this product.

Tough? Think again. The floor is hollow plastic and already has a hole in it .I have not even finished assembling it!I think I stepped on on a loose screw and it punched right through the floor.

I am pretty sure the next windstorm will destroy it but too late to return it now.

This thing is built of tough plastic but assembled using tiny screws mounted into the plastic. Have your drill ready because many of the hole spacings are off. Some of the parts in the directions are mislabeled.

Good luck!

7 of the metal pieces were incorrectly machined and had to be modified. Have ALL your tools ready for this one and be to modify parts as you go.

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Aesthetically Close to Perfect!

As a follow up to an earlier review I submitted, after about 5 months of being installed, I noticed that there was a puddle of water on the floor inside after a spell of rain. I was worried immediately thinking that I accidentally punctured a hole on the roof during installation. After careful observation, I realized that on a valley on the roof where the leak originated, an amount of leaves from the trees above have accumulated thus creating sort of a "dam". Whenever there was a downpour, this would collect rainwater at one spot and this would therefore leak through the panel joints. I simply brushed and cleaned the roof from idle leaves and this took care of the roof leak. So always make sure that there are no standing leaves or branches on your roof!

Awesome Deal!

Ok, for all the negative reviews due to "quality" or anything like that....think about what you are getting. Go price out an 8x15 stick framed wood shed with siding and shingled roof. That is at least 3 times the price. This thing is amazing for the price and if you know what you are doing, it goes together perfectly! I would recommend this to anyone who is on a budget!!! Absolutely worth it!!!!!

it works just fine :)

got this shed for my business needs and I kinda like it:price is about right - it was delivered to my business suite for free and I got it with 10% off by some competitor's coupon, quality just fine - it looks straight and solid thought that because a flat and solid concrete foundation... so, it is serving my needs and I am glad about it :)

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Review 16 for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

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Too Much assembly for the cost!

They should tell you before you buy how much assembly is required!! This shed took forever to put together. It has about 500 screws to put in, and you are screwing plastic to plastic on parts of it. You have to assemble every single little thing! It took several screws to put even small things together. If I had it to do over, I would not buy this product. Let's hope it lasts!

Pros: Looks Great

Cons: Difficult to Assemble

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Review 17 for 15 ft. x 8 ft. Outdoor Garden Shed

Pippy

from Manchester, MD

Age Range:35 to 44

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Gender:Male

Great Deal!

Good deal. The instructions were very simple to follow. I assembled the shed by my self in about 9 hours. I am not a pro, just a good DYI person.The shed needed a bit of persuasion to line up and fit together in some spots. All in all good for the price.

Perfect for our needs...

We now have 2, 8' x 15' Lifetime sheds in different areas of our yard. Love them both! Easy to assemble and they look great! We read many review which provided some great additional tips on building these sheds. We poured cement pads for both which made it more expensive but they are SOLID! We purchased this unit (Shed #6446) for looks in the main yard (see pic) and unit Shed #6402 opens on the end which we have full of shelving units like a warehouse . On #6402 we put the window panels on one side (see pic) and tight against a fence. We set boxes on shelves or boards to protect them from moisture through the flooring seams as noted in "con" note. Search for the written text instructions online which will provide more details and tips for assembly than the universal picture only instructions that come with the kit. We are very happy with the looks, functionality and hope they will be durable!

Be Cautious...

The biggest issue with this purchase is that it was missing a key roof component which has delayed the complete assembly of the shed for over 2 weeks....

Here is what I can tell you thus far:- The manual recommends 3 people to build the shed... You will have issues if you build alone.- The floor and the corner pieces are tricky and you will have to finesses these parts in.... The manufacturer has a plethora of You Tube videos to support you assembly quest... Beware as it is not as simple as the videos make it look- A key component on the door is not as easy as the show it... have a rubber mallet available to finesse.

The Manufacturer's Customer Service people are very courteous and were quick to get the missing parts on order.... The lead time is less than desired....

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